How to Create Professional Interior Design Mood Boards FAST (5 Steps) — Transcript

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1. 0:00Before your technical drawings, your
2. 0:02specifications, your 3D models, or
3. 0:05before any work gets done, the first
4. 0:08step is to actually present your clients
5. 0:11mood boards. Mood boards are like your
6. 0:14north star. They align the clients, they
7. 0:17align the contractors, the consultants,
8. 0:20and yourself to the project. You have to
9. 0:22know where you're going before you map
10. 0:24out all of the nitty-gritty details. In
11. 0:28this tutorial, I'm going to be walking
12. 0:30you through the five steps to make
13. 0:32designer ready mood boards. These mood
14. 0:35boards are meant to entice your clients
15. 0:38and once again align the project. So,
16. 0:41keep on watching if you want to learn
17. 0:43more. Hi everyone, my name is Daniela
18. 0:47and I'm an interior designer based in
19. 0:49Toronto. However, I take on interior
20. 0:51design projects all around the world.
21. 0:54So, I'm actually traveling right now.
22. 0:56Anyhow, it's this video isn't about me.
23. 0:59It's actually about mood boards and how
24. 1:02you can create mood boards very, very
25. 1:04easily and seamlessly. When you're
26. 1:06creating mood boards, you want it to be
27. 1:09easy. You're pasting different photos
28. 1:12from everywhere. You want to create spec
29. 1:14sheets. You want to create FF and E
30. 1:16specification tables. And you want it to
31. 1:19be all streamlined. You don't want to
32. 1:21take hours on hours on ends to create
33. 1:23all of these different sheets.
34. 1:25So luckily there's a tool such as rayon
35. 1:28design that can make everything very
36. 1:31very easy and we're going to be getting
37. 1:33into that today on how we can create
38. 1:36these mood boards and how we can work
39. 1:38efficiently as designers.
40. 1:41So take a look at the description and
41. 1:45download the template with the URL. And
42. 1:48I want to make note that Rayon makes it
43. 1:51very, very easy to present your mood
44. 1:53boards with URL links, which I'll show
45. 1:56you how to do in this video. So, enough
46. 1:59talking. Let's get into the video.
47. 2:06I have my drawing sets open, and I hope
48. 2:09that you have it open on your end as
49. 2:11well. This is a very typical drawing set
50. 2:14that you can create in rayon. And I
51. 2:16actually just want to go through the
52. 2:18different layers of this drawing
53. 2:20package. So we're going to click here on
54. 2:23layers. And as you can see, we have a
55. 2:25presentation canvas, we have floor plans
56. 2:28and sections, we have millwork drawings,
57. 2:32and we have kitchen drawing and mood
58. 2:34board.
59. 2:36This is going to be the focus of our
60. 2:38video today.
61. 2:39And like I said, we're going to be going
62. 2:42through this five-step process, and
63. 2:45we're actually going to be starting
64. 2:47backwards to shake things up a little
65. 2:49bit. Okay, so starting at step five.
66. 2:52Step five is actually to find the mood
67. 2:55and purpose. And I have Google open
68. 2:58right now because I'm going to browse
69. 3:00through some mood boards while I talk.
70. 3:03So, the first type of mood board I
71. 3:06recommend you show to your clients is
72. 3:08actually a conceptual mood board. This
73. 3:11means that you're starting off the
74. 3:13project showing some textures, some
75. 3:16colors, maybe some decorative pieces.
76. 3:19You aren't showing specifically sourced
77. 3:22items. You're really just trying to get
78. 3:24the design intent.
79. 3:27And secondly, once your client has given
80. 3:30you the okay on that mood board, I would
81. 3:33recommend that is when you create a
82. 3:36project specific collage. So that is
83. 3:39when you've done the design work, you've
84. 3:41done the leg work and you have a
85. 3:43specific chair that you want in this
86. 3:45project, you have a specific fabric,
87. 3:48etc. You're showing them actual things
88. 3:51that you want them to buy. So, when
89. 3:54we're looking through Google, we see
90. 3:57that a lot of these mood boards are kind
91. 4:00of cluttered, messy.
92. 4:03I mean,
93. 4:05you know, not trying to be too much of a
94. 4:07critic. Some look okay, but overall, it
95. 4:12seems as if most of these mood boards
96. 4:16aren't hitting the mark in my books at
97. 4:19least. So, let's jump on over to Rayon
98. 4:22and I'll talk a little bit more about
99. 4:23these two different mood board types.
100. 4:26All right, so I'm back in Rayon and I
101. 4:28want to show you the two different types
102. 4:31of mood boards that I just spoke about.
103. 4:34And my mood board here might look a
104. 4:36little bit different than yours because
105. 4:38I've actually went ahead and customized
106. 4:40this mood board. So, this is the
107. 4:43conceptual mood board. And as you can
108. 4:46see, we have some inspiration photos.
109. 4:50And I went ahead and added some playful
110. 4:53pops of the material, of the colors, and
111. 4:57in this template, we've actually added
112. 4:59some elements so you can drag and drop
113. 5:01and customize these mood boards if you'd
114. 5:04like to practice. So, as you can see
115. 5:07within this mood board, you get a sense
116. 5:09of style and you get a sense of
117. 5:11direction. So, let's move on to the
118. 5:15second mood board and let's take a look
119. 5:17at it. And already you can see with this
120. 5:20project specific collage, there's a lot
121. 5:24more detail to it. And once again, I've
122. 5:27went ahead and I've customized mine a
123. 5:30little bit further. So, you can see we
124. 5:32have a specific stool. I even added a
125. 5:36little paint color blob. I've even added
126. 5:39an accent color. I'm suggesting we add
127. 5:42in a little bit of navy. And I'm
128. 5:45suggesting the way that we place it in
129. 5:47the room, maybe through accents. I added
130. 5:50a little bit of a plant here just to
131. 5:53suggest that once again, that is the way
132. 5:56that I will be decorating this space for
133. 5:59the final touch. And as you can see, we
134. 6:02have mixed metals in this space. We have
135. 6:06our backsplash. We have suggestions for
136. 6:09the different materials and you can go
137. 6:12ahead and label everything if you'd like
138. 6:15or you can leave your mood boards a
139. 6:17little more clean and all of the labels
140. 6:19and information would come on the spec
141. 6:22sheet. So, you'll have to use your own
142. 6:24discretion and you'll have to see how
143. 6:27minimal or how busy you would like your
144. 6:29mood boards. And that again might tie
145. 6:32into your branding. It might tie into
146. 6:35how many elements you are showing to
147. 6:38your clients. So, there's customization
148. 6:40to mood boards. And the point is is that
149. 6:44you can create different types of mood
150. 6:46boards using rayon design and you can
151. 6:49customize it to your liking.
152. 6:51So, let's talk about step four and let's
153. 6:54take it a step back.
154. 6:57And step four is collect and curate
155. 6:59visuals with intention. So, when it
156. 7:02comes to mood boards, you might think
157. 7:04that you're just supposed to paste
158. 7:06everything that you like and see, and
159. 7:08that's not the case because it can cause
160. 7:11a lot of confusion, and the last thing
161. 7:13you want are confused clients.
162. 7:18So, if we're looking back at these mood
163. 7:20boards, you really want to be very
164. 7:22intentional with the photos that you
165. 7:24choose. I say keep it maximum to three
166. 7:27inspiration photos. And when it comes to
167. 7:31adding products, you want to make sure
168. 7:34that you're linking the products as you
169. 7:36go. Things can get lost later, and
170. 7:39that's sort of a nightmare to try and
171. 7:41find something that you sourced long
172. 7:44ago. So, you want to be very
173. 7:47intentional. And what you can do is you
174. 7:50can place all your images and elements
175. 7:53here like Rion has done for you. and you
176. 7:57can play around and drag and drop,
177. 7:59delete, switch up things. So, use this
178. 8:03as your whiteboard. Another cool thing
179. 8:06is that you can actually copy and paste
180. 8:08images from Pinterest or Google. And I'm
181. 8:11actually going to show you how you can
182. 8:12do that right now. So, we're in my
183. 8:16Pinterest. Hello, everyone. Yes, I am
184. 8:20always on Pinterest.
185. 8:22And let's search something and copy and
186. 8:25paste.
187. 8:30So, this looks nice to me. All we have
188. 8:32to do is double click, press copy image,
189. 8:35and I'm going to pop over back to Rayon
190. 8:38and paste it.
191. 8:40So, I'm back in Rayon, and let's replace
192. 8:44this photo. So, I've selected this one.
193. 8:47I'm going to delete it, and I'm going to
194. 8:51press paste. And as you can see, my
195. 8:54Pinterest photo has loaded.
196. 8:59So, as you can see, I brought this new
197. 9:01photo in, and I can make edits to it. I
198. 9:04can obviously change the orientation,
199. 9:06the size, and I can even edit it further
200. 9:10in Rayon's AI editor. So, I could remove
201. 9:14the background if I wanted to do that.
202. 9:16So, this is very helpful for items. So
203. 9:20when I brought in the L cru set, I
204. 9:22removed the background so it's nice and
205. 9:24clean. So as you just saw, it's very
206. 9:27easy to import images. You can remove
207. 9:30the background with their AI tool and
208. 9:32you can create clean and concise mood
209. 9:35boards all with one tool. So now we're
210. 9:38moving on to step three, which is put
211. 9:40your mood board in context and leverage
212. 9:43it for FF and E. So, mood boards can
213. 9:46feel a little disconnected at times, but
214. 9:49to truly communicate how your design is
215. 9:52going to come to life, you need to put
216. 9:55your mood boards along architectural
217. 9:57drawing sets in your presentation. And
218. 10:00with Rayon, as you've seen, you can have
219. 10:02all your drawings in one place.
220. 10:05So, this means that you have your floor
221. 10:07plans, your cabinetry details, your
222. 10:10layouts, your furniture plans,
223. 10:12everything all in one. So your clients
224. 10:15can really see the mood board and they
225. 10:17can see how it's going to translate into
226. 10:20an actual design and not necessarily
227. 10:22random inspiration photos.
228. 10:25And here is a tip when it comes to
229. 10:27interior design. Do not assume that
230. 10:30everyone is on the same page. If I've
231. 10:32learned anything in my career, it's that
232. 10:36you can never assume. Even when you are
233. 10:39clear as day, never assume. So you have
234. 10:42to be extremely detailed and extremely
235. 10:46clear. So how do you gain this clarity
236. 10:49on a project? Well, I recommend to
237. 10:52create roomspecific item mood boards for
238. 10:55each space.
239. 10:57And another thing that you can do is
240. 10:59link top view furniture symbols in your
241. 11:01plan to its real life image materials.
242. 11:04As you can see here, adding these images
243. 11:07now will also save you over time when
244. 11:09you're building your FFN schedules and
245. 11:11your spec sheets. And if you need more
246. 11:14help with that, check out Rayon our
247. 11:17tutorials. We have a lot of different
248. 11:18tutorials for how to streamline this
249. 11:21process and create your FFN schedules
250. 11:24and spec sheet very easily and
251. 11:26efficiently.
252. 11:28Moving on to step two, which is make it
253. 11:30collaborative. And one of my favorite
254. 11:32things about Rayon is that it's web-
255. 11:34based and it's so easy to collaborate
256. 11:36with different members on your team,
257. 11:38your clients, the consultants. Trust me,
258. 11:41you don't want to work on a software
259. 11:43that's not web- based and collaborative
260. 11:46because it's going to be a nightmare to
261. 11:48try and talk about every each little
262. 11:51element. So, I'm going to show you how
263. 11:54you can share this drawing package with
264. 11:57different people and how you can
265. 11:58actually add a comment.
266. 12:01So, we're going to pop and click share.
267. 12:06And I'm going to add someone from the
268. 12:08Rayon team, which is Shira. You've
269. 12:10probably seen her here on the YouTube
270. 12:12channel. So, I have her there. And I can
271. 12:15add her and I can invite. I can even
272. 12:19change her role if I want her as an
273. 12:22admin. If I just want her to view
274. 12:24whatever, I would so please. And I'm
275. 12:27going to add a comment here because like
276. 12:30I said, your clients especially, they're
277. 12:32going to probably be commenting on every
278. 12:35single thing. So, let's go into the chat
279. 12:38box here.
280. 12:40And sometimes when I present things to
281. 12:43my clients, I sort of like to brief them
282. 12:46beforehand.
283. 12:47So, meaning I know that certain elements
284. 12:50might bring up a question. So, in this
285. 12:53design, they might be like, "Oh, navy
286. 12:56blue. I thought we were thinking green
287. 12:58or yellow." So, maybe I want to write a
288. 13:01comment for my client to read before,
289. 13:05you know, they come back to me with a
290. 13:07huff and a puff. Okay. So, I typed out,
291. 13:10"Hey, Jim, I thought blue would work
292. 13:12better as the accent. It's very rich and
293. 13:15on trend.
294. 13:17So, I posted that there and as you can
295. 13:19see, this little chat bubble comes in
296. 13:22and Jim could come and respond and
297. 13:24hopefully he's happy with my, you know,
298. 13:27new design intent.
299. 13:29But anyhow, as you can see, it keeps
300. 13:32everything clear, organized. You're able
301. 13:34to share with your team, with other
302. 13:36members, and you're able to keep
303. 13:38communication where it's relevant and
304. 13:40not have a million email threads and not
305. 13:43have to resend drawings a million times.
306. 13:47This is just a lifesaver. So, we've made
307. 13:49it to step number one, which is actually
308. 13:52to reuse and systematize.
309. 13:55And I'm here on this open templates
310. 13:58here.
311. 14:00What I really want to tell you is that
312. 14:02when you're creating all of these
313. 14:03different presentations for your
314. 14:05different clients, you need to have
315. 14:07templates already set in place. You
316. 14:09can't be starting from scratch each time
317. 14:12and creating borders and figuring out
318. 14:14your fonts. That's just going to be a
319. 14:17total waste of time. You need to create
320. 14:20your own set templates. Or you can make
321. 14:23it easier and just use the free
322. 14:24templates that Rayon has for you so that
323. 14:27you can chop your design time in half.
324. 14:31And you really need to go beyond mood
325. 14:33board templates. You need a software
326. 14:36that systematizes everything. So what
327. 14:38this means is that there's available
328. 14:40blocks. And Rayon has an amazing block
329. 14:43library of over 10,000 blocks. You need
330. 14:47a system that is able to stylize all of
331. 14:51your drawings to your branding. And you
332. 14:54need a clever software that's able to
333. 14:57change different things in your drawing
334. 14:59with a few clicks of a button. You can
335. 15:01do all of that with Rayon as you've
336. 15:03seen. So once you've created your own
337. 15:07custom templates or maybe you've taken a
338. 15:09Rayon template and you've customized it
339. 15:11yourself, you can actually save it as a
340. 15:14template. So, we're going to go back in
341. 15:16this share button and we're going to go
342. 15:18in templates.
343. 15:20And as you can see, you can toggle this
344. 15:22on and
345. 15:25it's going to save as a template. You
346. 15:28can even share this as a presentation
347. 15:31and you can copy this and you can send
348. 15:34it to your clientele if that's your
349. 15:35preferred method of communication with
350. 15:38them.
351. 15:40So, as you've seen, everything that you
352. 15:42need to make mood boards is in with one
353. 15:45software. It's easy, it's fast, and
354. 15:47that's what you need. You don't want to
355. 15:49get frustrated in this process. It's
356. 15:52supposed to be efficient, and it's
357. 15:53supposed to be fun. And that's it for
358. 15:56this video. You've just learned how to
359. 15:58make professional mood boards that
360. 16:00actually move the project forward.
361. 16:03You're able to collaborate on these mood
362. 16:05boards and you're able to make changes
363. 16:07very very easily all within Rayon
364. 16:10Design. So whether you're designing a
365. 16:13cozy living room, an expansive kitchen,
366. 16:17a full home, or who knows, even an
367. 16:20exterior project, you can use Rayon
368. 16:23Design to make a very impactful mood
369. 16:26board. So take a look at the description
370. 16:29and download Rayon Design. They have a
371. 16:31free tier which you can try and they
372. 16:34also have access to many many different
373. 16:36templates which I know you'll find very
374. 16:39helpful. And if you like this video,
375. 16:42give it a like and leave us a comment
376. 16:44down below. What would you like to see
377. 16:46next? So, thanks for watching and I'll
378. 16:49see you in the next one.
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